Windows 7 Taskbar Auto-Hide Not Working - Troubleshooting Solutions

[THADFC]

The auto hide function of the taskbar stopped working several days ago. I notice when searching that this has been a problem back even to the XP days. Any suggestions. I have already tried deleting the prefetch directory with no success.
Thanks

 

[reghakr]

Have you tried dragging the taskbar to different posistions on the screen?

You could try restarting in Safe Mode, then restart normally.

 

[THADFC]

Changing the position of the taskbar makes no difference.
Autohide works excellently in safe mode.
After reboot same problem recurs.

Thanks for the help.

 

[THADFC]

Autohide problems

I recently found the tip that stopping explorer in task manager and then restarting it autohide would function.
And it did. And each time I reboot it stops working.
I repeat the process and it works again. I reboot and it stops working.
Any ideas?

Thanks
Thad

 

[reghakr]

Sorry, I just checked the registry and there is no value modified when setting the taskbar to Autohide.

 

[busydog]

I recently found the tip that stopping explorer in task manager and then restarting it autohide would function.
And it did. And each time I reboot it stops working.
I repeat the process and it works again. I reboot and it stops working.
Any ideas?

Thanks
Thad

Try MSCONFIG and make sure that all non-essential programs are not loading at startup. Also check that any non-M$ processes are looked at. Something is probably causing the problem at startup since it works in Safe Mode.

 

[reghakr]

I think you're on to something busydog,

Keep up the good work.